The ndisc_router_discovery function in net/ipv6/ndisc.c in the Neighbor Discovery (ND) protocol implementation in the IPv6 stack in the Linux kernel before 3.19.6 allows remote attackers to reconfigure a hop-limit setting via a small hop_limit value in a Router Advertisement (RA) message.
2015-05-27T10:59:06.987
2025-04-12T10:46:40.837
Deferred
CVSSv2: 3.3 (LOW)
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
6.5
2.9
Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
---|---|---|---|---|
Operating System | linux | linux_kernel | ≤ 3.19.5 | Yes |
Operating System | fedoraproject | fedora | 20 | Yes |
Operating System | fedoraproject | fedora | 21 | Yes |
Operating System | fedoraproject | fedora | 22 | Yes |
Operating System | oracle | linux | 5.0 | Yes |
Operating System | oracle | solaris | 11.3 | Yes |
Operating System | redhat | enterprise_mrg | 2.5 | Yes |
Operating System | debian | debian_linux | 7.0 | Yes |
Operating System | debian | debian_linux | 8.0 | Yes |